Jason Vertucio

So this is me at work, writing code, ensuring it works, having to test on only one platform … That final bit, it’s my favourite part.

I don’t have to open Firefox, Opera, (shudder) Internet Explorer, to test. One thing. Get the iPad, hit the buttons. Run the tests. Touch the screens. Wham. Bam. Thank you, kind sir.

I am working on something that is simultaneously frustrating and exhilarating. It’s one of my favourite feelings, because it’s both challenging and meaningful. I can be proud of this, even though no one will ever know I had a hand in it. And the only people who care, are other people who do this kind of stuff, so they wouldn’t be as impressed as the people who should be.

Funny, though, putting together decks for an iPad app and playing a gig in front of music-lovers, not that much different to me. I guess it’s because many previous jobs weren’t fulfilling like this one. My last one was almost this good. But even that good thing had come to an end.

I hope this one can last forever.

so today’s to-do list includes:

1. new colour scheme for a client website
2. misfits
3. mobile sites to demo abilities
4. sulk
5. hopefully hear back from another client about wordpress help
6. play with cat
7. drink coffee
8. dinner with entire family

So here’s the thing.

If you know me, you probably are tired of me saying this every single year. One night, I stayed up until almost three in the morning because I had nothing better to do that Sunday, and I wanted to see what’s going on in TV-Land. Some cable station was showing the old Superman show from the 1960′s. And I thought, well, this’ll be fun. I’ll just watch it at 1am, and then when the clocks fall back, I can watch it again!

I guess I should announce two things right now. 1) I was young and stupid. 2) Daylight Savings Time was ending.

So I watched the episode. It was nothing spectacular to me, because I grew up with Christopher Reeve beating up General Zod, and Dean Cainwooing Teri Hatcher while stopping the guy from the Jeffersons. But I was excited to see it again, because — as everyone knows — the Fall Back from DST happens promptly at 2am.

So 2am came and it was some other show. Some sitcom from the 70′s about a radio station, I think. I got mad and complained to the TV. It didn’t listen. I flipped stations, looked for something else, got bored, and then fell asleep.

So, basically, if there is anything I can offer to you, the public at large, who are curious about TV schedules during the DST changes, don’t be. Because nothing happens.

Although I suppose it’s a great way to get you ready for the new times, so you’re not up at 4am and in bed at 7pm.